What does spring have in store for us?

If a long-range outlook covers a huge area, some place is likely to get that weather

By an overwhelming amount, the No. 1 question I have had over the last couple of weeks is: What will the spring be like? While I usually wait until the end of the month to do the look-ahead forecast, I will use this article to go through each of the medium- and long-range forecasters to



Mean May monthly temperatures for Winnipeg, 1939 to 2016

A historical look at May’s warmth and summer heat

Upper lows we’ve seen so far this year haven’t tapped into as much cold weather

I guess the first thing I need to update is the precipitation totals for May, as the expected late-May/early-June storm system brought some significant rainfall totals across our region. The Winnipeg region ended up coming in about 15 mm above average and the Brandon region came in right around average, while the region around Dauphin

Forecast: An unsettled long weekend en route

After a pretty chilly weekend it looks like summer is going to try and move back in during this forecast period, with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures expected. This forecast period will begin with an area of high pressure building to our southeast and an area of low pressure over far Western Canada. Together,


Forecast: Overall pattern remains the same

Issued Feb. 15, 2016, covering the period from Feb. 17, 2016 to Feb. 24, 2016

It doesn’t look like the weather pattern we’ve been in for the last month or so is going to change any time soon. Here is the big picture of what is going on. To our west, there has been a fairly persistent area of low pressure off the coast that has been drifting north and



Mix of sun and scattered thundershowers

Issued: Monday, June 22, 2015 – Covering: June 24 – July 1, 2015

This forecast period is starting off much like the last one. The general flow of the atmosphere is fairly zonal, which means a strong west-to-east flow. Sometimes it’s coming a little out of the northwest, which results in slightly cooler conditions, and sometimes it veers a little southwest, which means warmer weather. The trouble is,